Taste for competition and the gender gap among young business professionals.

Autor/inn/en	Reuben, Ernesto; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Taste for competition and the gender gap among young business professionals.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass. (2015), 42 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 21695
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
DOI	10.3386/w21695
Schlagwörter	Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Persönlichkeitspsychologie; Risikobereitschaft; Rollenverteilung; Frau; Geschlechterrolle; Soziales Verhalten; Ökonomisches Verhalten; Berufserfolg; Business School; Geschlechtsspezifik; Hochschulabsolvent; Berufsanfänger; Mann; USA
Abstract	Using an incentivized measure of test for competition, this paper investigates whether this taste explains subsequent gender differences in earnings and industry choice in a sample of high-ability MBA graduates. We find that 'competitive' individuals earn 9% more than their less competitive counterparts do. Moreover, gender differences in taste for competition explain around 10% of the overall gender gap. We also find that competitive individuals are more likely to work in high-paying industries nine years later, which suggests that the relation between taste for competition and earnings persists in the long run. Lastly, we find that the effect of taste for competition emerges over time when MBAs and firms interact with each other. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/2